Porquerias | 1312 | 🏴🌵 G@MJul 14, 2023
Now that people are realizing that Long COVID is real, I see a disturbing trend that seeks to minimize just how common it is and restrict the definition of long COVID to the most severe cases. Nobody has to be "bedridden" or "housebound" to be experiencing the effects of long COVID or be disabled by it. I literally am not as able as I used to be, that's me being disabled by long COVID.
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@galletasalada I've had ME for close to 20 years, with a host of other diagnoses on the side. It's been very disturbing watching the rise in long covid, seeing how much overlap there is, and the broad public indifference. It's hard to watch people who have no idea of the risk they are taking when I live with very similar consequences every day

I hate this. It sucks. I'm sorry you and so many others are in this position

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@redgranola @galletasalada Ditto. I live with TBI and so much of what I live with as a consequence of two of them is very similar to what a lot of people with Long Covid experience. It's wild to see callous disregard for something that is seriously disabling. I see it as people being unable to deal with reality, as it's the first big trauma a lot of the general population ever experienced (even for some old folks), so they're in hardcore denial to cope. And that hurts us all collectively.
Jul 15, 2023 at 2:01pmWeb